Lloyd Price-Stagger Lee chords

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(Slow)
DGD
The night was clear, and the moon was yellow..
A7D
And the leaves came tumblin' down...
#1.(fast, rock.)
DD7
I was standin' on the corner,
G7
When I heard my bull dog bark.
D
He was barkin' at the two men
A7D
Who were gamblin' in the dark.
DD7
It was Stagger Lee and Billy,
G7
Two men who gambled late.
D
Stagger lee threw a seven,
A7D
Billy swore that he threw eight.
#2.
DD7
Stagger Lee, said Billy,
G7
I can't let you go with that.
D
You have won all my money,
A7D
And my brand-new Stetson hat.
D
Stagger Lee went home,
G7
And he got his forty-four.
D
He said, I'm goin' to the barroom
A7D
Just to pay that debt I owe.
A7
(Go, Stagger Lee.)
#3.
DD7
Stagger Lee went to the barroom,
G7
And he stood across the barroom door.
DA7D
He said, Nobody move, and he pulled his .44.
DD7
Stagger Lee, cried Billy,
G7
Oh, please don't take my life!
D
I've got three little children,
A7D
And a very sickly wife.
#4.
DD7
Stagger Lee shot Billy.
G7
Oh, he shot that poor boy so bad..
D
That the bullet went through Billy
A7D
And broke the bartender's glass.
A7
(Look out now.)
ADD:
DD7G7
Go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..go, Stagger Lee..
DA7D
Go, Stagger Lee..go, go...Fade.